I just did so. Your link supports my conclusions 100%.
It was mostly waiting time (95% of it from the looks of it), everyone trying to figure out jurisdiction and law issues, and the fact they were suing for lots and lots of money from the start - that made the government "fight" it by mostly conceding on the issues.
This whole story attempts to spin 1 human error event against the system.
It isn't the one human error that's the problem. It's the obstinate, malicious, willful unwillingness to admit and correct the error. It's the lying and coverup. It's the harassment (blocking the daughter, an American citizen, from flying to the trial). Check out the original case of the state secrets privilege to see that this has been going on for much too long.
If you really did read that link, then you'll have noticed that it's not just one error. A large fraction of all entries in the watchlist system are likely to be erroneous.
In case you missed that part, the statistics quoted in the paragraph starting at page 36, line 22 are particularly interesting.
It was mostly waiting time (95% of it from the looks of it), everyone trying to figure out jurisdiction and law issues, and the fact they were suing for lots and lots of money from the start - that made the government "fight" it by mostly conceding on the issues.
This whole story attempts to spin 1 human error event against the system.